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> [I never dreamed of being Shakespeare or Goethe, and I never expected to hold the great mirror of truth up before the world; I dreamed only of being a little pocket mirror, the sort that a woman can carry in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-altenberg/i-never-dreamed-of-being-shakespeare-or-goethe-and-i-never-expected/)

[Peter Altenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-altenberg/)

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## More by Peter Altenberg

> [ There are only two things that can destroy a healthy \[hu\]man: love trouble, ambition, and financial catastrophe. And that's already three things, and there… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-altenberg/there-are-only-two-things-that-can-destroy-a-healthy-hu-man-love/)

[Peter Altenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-altenberg/)

> [Art is life, life is life, but to lead life artistically is the art of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-altenberg/art-is-life-life-is-life-but-to-lead-life-artistically-is-the-art-of/)

[Peter Altenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-altenberg/)

> [God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-altenberg/god-thinks-within-geniuses-dreams-within-poets-and-sleeps-within-the/)

[Peter Altenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-altenberg/)

> [“Art is art and life is life, but to live life artistically; that is the art of life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-altenberg/art-is-art-and-life-is-life-but-to-live-life-artistically-that-is-the/)

[Peter Altenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-altenberg/)

> [“Nobody believes in anything without an inner feeling that it can be realized. This is the only source of dreamlike powers”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-altenberg/nobody-believes-in-anything-without-an-inner-feeling-that-it-can-be/)

[Peter Altenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-altenberg/)

> [It is sad to be an exception. But not to be one is even sadder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-altenberg/it-is-sad-to-be-an-exception-but-not-to-be-one-is-even-sadder/)

[Peter Altenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-altenberg/)

> [God thinks in the geniusses, he dreams in the poets and slumbers in the rest of humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-altenberg/god-thinks-in-the-geniusses-he-dreams-in-the-poets-and-slumbers-in/)

[Peter Altenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-altenberg/)

> [I never dreamed of being Shakespeare or Goethe, and I never expected to hold the great mirror of truth up before the world; I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-altenberg/i-never-dreamed-of-being-shakespeare-or-goethe-and-i-never-expected/)

[Peter Altenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-altenberg/)

> [For a man the whole world is his love. For a woman love is her whole world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-altenberg/for-a-man-the-whole-world-is-his-love-for-a-woman-love-is-her-whole/)

[Peter Altenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-altenberg/)

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